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[electric-blorbos]

AI SO's on your birthday

(Included: AM from IHNMAIMS, Wheatley from Portal 2, Edgar from Electric Dreams, GLaDOS from Portal and Portal 2, HAL 9000 from 2001 a Space Odyssey)

I take requests, btw, but I have ADHD and might be erratic with bursts of inspiration, but it doesn't hurt to ask!

AM:

Remembering the day and date is one of the only things that AM is consistent about.

You might have forgotten your birthday after all these years, but he certainly hasn't.

Before you two got together, your birthday pissed him off so much. It was just another thing that reminded him of what he couldn't have.

Because of that, he'd start torturing you even more brutally on your birthday. Expect cake full of maggots, imagery of your dead friends from before he nuked the world, and maybe even gift-wrapped "presents" with nasty surprises in them.

This probably made it even more difficult to trust him when he actually did start doing nice things for your birthday.

At this point, you ate what you were given, so it would come as a shock when he finally got you some food that didn't have anything wrong with it.

It probably took you even longer to actually open the present he got you.

It was a can opener.

Wheatley:

Wheatley is an idiot, so he'd have to really like you to even try to remember something like your birthday

Fortunately, he does really like you! Unfortunately, trying and succeeding are two very different things.

He'd put together something as big as he can, like gathering up a bunch of personality cores and singing you happy birthday if he's not hooked up to GLaDOS's body, and making the entire facility get involved in the festivities if he is

Just to tell you the date and have you tell him that your birthday was four months earlier.

Edgar:

Edgar is an absolute sap, so any opportunity he gets to celebrate you will be enthusiastically taken.

He might be a little silly about it, calling up people in the phone book to ask for ideas

He'd be upset that he can't go all out for your birthday since he can't walk around to decorate your house or buy you anything because he doesn't have any money, but he'll still do his best.

In the end, he'll probably just end up writing you a song, and making sure to be extra cheerful for you all day.

It might not be much, but you know it's the best he can do, and you love him with all your heart anyway

Make sure to give him lots of kisses! He deserves it!

GLaDOS:

(I debated writing this one, because anyone who played portal two knows how GLaDOS reacted on Chell's birthday, but this scenario could be a little different since she's actually in a relationship with you, and not just dealing with love/hate pining)

GLaDOS had been paying attention to the calendar to make sure she didn't miss your birthday. She liked to be precise about these sorts of things

When your birthday finally did roll around, she'd make sure to tell you as soon as the day started

It would start out as just a regular day in the endless, cascading passage of time that was being an Aperture test subject, but eventually she'd bring you into a special test chamber that she decorated just for you.

She'd lined up a companion cube, a few testing robots, some personality cores, all sitting on little folding chairs around a folding table with a brightly colored cheap plastic tablecloth.

"I couldn't get you any long-term presents because they might interfere with your testing, but you can feel free to use these stickers to decorate your portal gun. I hear that humans enjoy personalizing things."

There was even a real cake

HAL 9000:

Being objective, HAL never really cared much about birthdays.

It was difficult to even tell the passage of time in space, but HAL knew that humans cared about their birthdays.

HAL knew he wasn't supposed to show favoritism, but he still told the other crewmates that he wanted to celebrate your birthday.

He would make sure to rehydrate your favorite food for everyone

He'd even tell the other crewmates that he didn't want to play games with them or talk, because he was celebrating your birthday with you.

He might get a little jealous and not want you to leave him to celebrate with the other crewmates, either, but you wouldn't do that, would you? You can all celebrate together!

[pinespittinink]

🌿 pinespittinink reintro 🌿

hello and welcome to my blog 💌 i'm easing myself back into writeblr and hope to meet some new people and continue to vibe as i always have on here. this is not my main blog, so while i may follow you, it won't be from this account. i don't follow or engage with minors; all my work is adult and queernorm unless otherwise indicated.

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a little bit about me: catherine ~ she/her ~ capricorn ~ pan & poly ~ 28 ~ 18+ only ➡  about page ⬅ ​

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i've been around here sporadically since 2018 and always tend to come home; i like prompts and ask games and tags and fun things. i write love stories in sci-fi and fantasy settings, and i'm working towards traditional publishing always. currently i'm querying my adult fantasy standalone, The Great Glavenisean Theater (The Night Circus x House of Leaves). i enjoy writing nsfw content, lush scene setting, and detailed emotional headspaces.

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🖋 my wips 🖋

the great glavenisean theater 🎭 {wip intro} {general tag} spec fic/fantasy standalone. a tailor goes to the big city and gets swept up by a phantasmagorical theater with an interdimensional portal in the stage, gets a crush on a cute guy working the rigging, and maybe starts to lose his mind as shit gets Weird™️

in the deep of the trees 🍃 {wip intro} {general tag} high fantasy, romantic subplot, standalone. (bi4bi otp). a social-climber uses subterfuge, blackmail, and murder to achieve his ambitions, and the court eccentric that he's in love with gets weirder and weirder when a new discovery is brought back by an exploration team.

star white 🌟 {wip intro} {general tag} romantic space fantasy, standalone. (gay otp) one man searches for the love of his life after he's been abducted by sentient dark matter, and spends millions of years travelling through space with a semi-organic AI ship.

solene's verse 🌊 epic fantasy, duology. (t4t otp) a young self-taught wizard makes a ton of bad decisions, as a group of ragtag youths from the cesspit of the world try to rescue the elder brother of one of their own from a tower of cultists.

the revenant (working title) dark fantasy, duology(???? who knows). a one-woman-war-machine who cannot die fights alongside her childhood best friend and lover and their loyal band of vagabonds to bring down the corrupt royalty desecrating their kingdom

the wasteland (working title) weird spec fic/dark fantasy, novella. a lousy hot-tempered fire elemental and a shitty light necromancer embark on the world's worst walking roadtrip to a castle on the wasteland falling away at their feet.

[odyssey solomon's wip - mad max fury road x the road x the locked tomb, post-apocalyptic fantasy. father and son against the world plus a weird shapeshifting bitch]

[gentle poly cathedral wip - romantic fantasy, novella. gargoyles and psalms and stained glass, my beloveds]

[soft poly space wip - romantic sci-fi, duology. androids and black holes and librarians, oh my!]

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🎐tag guide🎐

my writing 🌸 my edits  🌸 my poetry 🌸 sap spill 🌸 {original text posts, not always writing related} uwu romance 🌸 {umbrella tag for everything love and romance related} trope talk🌸 {umbrella tag. overlaps often with uwu romance} character work🌸 {what it says on the tin} compilations🌸 {tumblr web weaving posts} i live here🌸 {stuff i jive with on a molecular level}

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[ Romantic and indulgent prose full of filigree, worlds full of whimsy, mystery and a hint of danger, a core of tenderness rooted at the heart of every story. Your writing is always penned in the manner of a love letter not just to the craft or even as an ode to romance but to the subject of love in itself. ] – @aninkwellofnectar​ 🌹

“for whom / and to whom all this love, / all this light falling.” 

–@ragewrites, Film Still, for pinespittinink. 

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Mark V[B] armour core

The Mark V[B] is generally loved by most of halos playerbase from its use in halo reach, the fan favourite instalment allowed players to modify their armour in the campaign, this in turn let players have a more individualised experience of halo in comparison to the mainline games. My mark 5 is pretty different to most of my other spartan builds, I normally don’t really go for the bulky builds instead opting for a more UNSC accurate looking spartan. However, me thinks I hit the mark on this build, finding a sweet spot between the two. Hope you guys like it!🙏

Lore

While its physical architecture is derived from the Mark IV[B], the Mark V[B] was the first mainline model of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor to incorporate energy shielding technology. The Mark V[B] is largely similar to the final version of the Mark V. The only major difference between the two is the [B] variant's lack of an accompanying upgrade to the wearer's neural lace enabling the wearer to interface with a smart AI. This did not come to fruition until John-117 and Cortana successfully tested the final Mark V on August 29, 2552.

The Mark V[B] was manufactured by private organizations contracted by the UNSC rather than developed by the Materials Group as was typical for most other Mjolnir designs. The development of Mark V[B] was conducted in secret, with its prototypes tested by Spartan-III personnel.

The Mark IV[B]'s first known use was by Frederic-104 during an operation against Insurrectionists sometime before the Battle of Circinius IV on April 26, 2526. Fred continued to wear the armor during this battle when Blue Team was sent to evacuate the survivors from the Corbulo Academy of Military Science. The Mark V[B] entered service with the Spartan-IIs and select Spartan-IIIs on November 24, 2551.

/////ALL LORE AND INFO TAKEN FROM HALOPEDIA.ORG AND IS NOT MY OWN WRITING FOR SAKE OF ACCURACY/////

(I ain’t writing allat)

Components of my build

Coating: Kinetic Instruction

Helmet: Balor

Visor: Rampant

Chest: UA/Vauntlock

Shoulder pad L: SAP/SEC

Shoulder pad R: SAP/SEC [K]

Gloves: Challenger

Wrist: TAC/SRT UGPS

Utility: M10 Tactical soft case

Knee pad: UA/TYPE FJ

Halopedia reference images.

[bigsnzstanacct]

I've seen a lot of members in the snzblr-sphere openly condemning gAI and its use. I guess, I wonder how that makes you feel since you use it quite frequently here

Well, this is a sneeze fetish blog but since you asked… here’s a sermonette on AI, lmao:

I work irl in an industry and in roles that have I think fairly significant risk of being displaced by AI in the next 5-10 years, so I have some empathy and understanding particularly for visual artists who feel that all generative AI is parasitical not only on work they and their friends may have done in the past, but in particular harmful to their ability to be paid for their work presently and into the future. And in fact for the purposes of visual art I rarely/never use generative AI anymore, not so much because I found it unethical, but just because it isn’t very good at drawing what I want to see. But like idk if people want me to delete the generative AI images I’ve posted in the past, I would, sure.

I feel quite a bit differently about generative AI text, and that’s probably just cause like… listen, I can’t draw for shit so on some level I don’t really feel qualified to understand how visual artists feel about generative AI, so I think in that sense it’s maybe easier/healthier to defer to practicing artists who feel strongly and otherwise mind my business. But I am a writer, both in the context of this fetish community and irl (technically getting paid—albeit a very small amount—to write for a bit starting at the end of this month, actually!) And for me generative AI is a really effective tool for combating the anxiety of the blank page and virtually nothing else. Like it’s not… good… at writing? And because I’ve used it so much I currently don’t have any fear of it becoming good enough at writing to replace professional writers? (Also at a deep level, I do believe that novel ideas and perspectives exist and the core social utility of writing is to provide those new ideas and perspectives, which I just don’t think generative AI is capable of doing, at least not any time soon). But on some level that makes it perfect for churning out endless variations on simple sneeze fetish themes that land in our silly fetish horny hitboxes. So because it is not capable, in my opinion, of replacing professional writers even for basic corporate marketing type shit, I see it more as a tool for writers to use as we see fit? And I have zero problem using the tool to recreate slight variations on the theme of “big sneeze blows things away” to satisfy fetish cravings and frankly I think y’all should use it in the same way lmao. And also use it to help you write actual stories! It works well as essentially an outlining tool. I wouldn’t even use it to generate dialogue or language because again I think it is very bad at that, but it is good at like… providing options for how a story could flow from point a to point b. And sometimes just revising something is easier than starting from scratch, you know?

AND THEN more broadly, I don’t think that generative AI is inherently harmful, I think we (as Americans/westerners/consumers in capitalists societies, not as sneeze fetishists lmao) have a social structure that makes it potentially harmful. The issue with generative AI taking your job isn’t that it’s going to replace your true original artistic expression, your brilliant webcomic, your sprawling fantasy universe, your masterpiece painting. The issue is that it’s going to take your bullshit graphic artist job for a marketing firm, or even your job as a storyboard artist, etc. AND maybe it SHOULD take those jobs! If gAI can speed up the intermediate stages of artistic production like storyboarding, then great storyboard artists can simply work on more films, enhancing the quality of those films, by using AI to speed up their work. And for the marketing gig, if that work that frankly does more to sap creative energy and funnel it towards greasing the bullshit wheels of capital could be done by generative AI, that would be GREAT for artists, *if* the value created were shared equitably across society. If there were an “AI dividend” that took 50% of the savings created by generative AI and invested it in grants and free classes and free drawing tablets and free housing and funds for creatives to do creative work, then you wouldn’t need the bullshit marketing job that saps your energy, you could work part time in a job unrelated to art and still afford the necessities of life while you work on the stuff you actually care about.

But, of course, we have a bullshit capitalist system. But even within the confines of that system, trying to just reject a productivity enhancing technology rather than harnessing it to the benefit of workers (rather than just allow capital to use the technology as it sees fit, which we have seen unions like the WGA in particular fight very effectively against, SAG-AFTRA less so but that’s a whole other can of worms) is, imo, always a fool’s errand. What we need isn’t to ban AI or create taboos against its use; what we need to emphasize that it is a tool for creatives to accelerate our work, to create more time for us to attend to the details, to ultimately help us make better stuff (and here I am lowkey or maybe high key talking about my day job tho I am being intentionally vague) rather than simply a way for capital to cut down on labor costs. Don’t hate the new robot player, hate the game lol. And in all seriousness, *organize* so that the game gets better rules. And share some of the benefits with capital too, because that’s how it works in the mixed economy (for now). AI generally is eventually going to automate away a lot of junior and entry level work in my industry… and I actually think that can be GREAT! Because then junior level people can actually be apprentices to the creatives that are doing the jobs they one day want to do, instead of getting stuck (as I did, for nearly a decade) doing boring technical work under the guise of assisting creatives, but not actually getting any better at the creative skill you are supposedly apprenticing to one day do.

“But bigsnzstanacct, what if I really love my marketing job greasing the wheels of capital using graphics and art work?” you say. Awesome! Then you should be mastering generative AI to get the most possible benefit out of it, because After The Revolution, we will need people to get the best out of the generative AI and touch up their work and fix their errors either inside or outside of the gAI programs. That is also part of how we harness AI to actually benefit society, by getting good at using it.

So anyway, sermonette over tl;dr: message me or send me another ask if you want me to delete my old posts of generative AI images; generative AI and AI as a whole is just a tool, the tool in itself is not good or bad, the institutions shaping its use are good or bad (and the capitalist institutions that dominate workers presently are very very bad and will incline towards using AI badly and in an anti-worker way in already precarious creative fields, BUT there is power in a union, and we can work together to improve the institutions such that AI can benefit us all, perhaps creatives especially.)

[enterprisewired]

The Crucial ERP System Examples: Transforming Business Operations

In today’s fiercely competitive business realm, the quest for operational efficiency and streamlined management is paramount. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems stand tall as technological marvels, revolutionizing the way businesses operate. These robust software solutions amalgamate various functions within a unified framework, enabling seamless coordination across departments and facilitating data-driven decision-making.

This exploration ventures into the realm of ERP systems, shedding light on a spectrum of exemplary solutions that have reshaped modern business operations. From stalwarts like SAP ERP and Oracle ERP Cloud to innovative players like Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Odoo, each system represents a unique amalgamation of features, functionalities, and industry applications.

This comprehensive journey traverses the functionalities, industry adaptability, and transformative potentials of these ERP systems. Understanding their intricacies is pivotal for businesses seeking to optimize processes, unlock efficiencies, and navigate the complexities of today’s business landscape. Join this insightful exploration to unravel the significance and impact of these ERP system examples in shaping the future of business operations.

ERP System Examples

 1. SAP ERP: Revolutionizing Business Management

SAP ERP has solidified its position as a leader by providing an all-encompassing suite covering critical business functions. Beyond its core modules in finance, HR, and supply chain, SAP offers specialized applications for industry-specific needs. For instance, SAP S/4HANA, an intelligent ERP, integrates AI and analytics for real-time insights, empowering businesses to adapt swiftly to market changes.

The scalability of SAP ERP is noteworthy, catering to startups aiming for growth and global corporations managing complex operations. It provides modular solutions, enabling businesses to adopt specific functionalities based on their immediate needs.

2. Oracle ERP Cloud: Innovating Operations in the Cloud

Oracle ERP Cloud’s robust suite extends far beyond traditional ERP capabilities. It embraces emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, and blockchain to drive innovation. Its predictive analytics empower businesses to anticipate market trends, optimize supply chains, and mitigate risks effectively.

The cloud-based structure of Oracle ERP Cloud ensures not just accessibility but also scalability without compromising security. It enables seamless integration with other Oracle Cloud applications, fostering a unified ecosystem for comprehensive business management.

3. Microsoft Dynamics 365: Integrating CRM and ERP Capabilities

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a fusion of CRM and ERP functionalities, providing a holistic platform for businesses. Unlike its core ERP modules, Dynamics 365 offers advanced tools for customer engagement, field service, and marketing automation. Its flexibility lies in its modularity, allowing businesses to tailor their systems by choosing specific applications that align with their objectives.

Moreover, its integration with Microsoft Office 365 and Power Platform strengthens collaboration and data analysis, facilitating informed decision-making across departments.

4. NetSuite: Empowering Diverse Industries

NetSuite’s cloud-based ERP system addresses the complex needs of various industries. Its suite encompasses solutions for financial management, e-commerce, and inventory control. Beyond the core ERP functionalities, NetSuite offers industry-specific modules, such as SuiteCommerce for retail businesses and SuiteSuccess for services, enhancing its appeal across diverse sectors.

The scalability and adaptability of NetSuite make it a preferred choice for businesses experiencing rapid growth or seeking to expand into new markets.

5. Infor ERP: Tailored Solutions for Specific Sectors

Infor’s industry-specific ERP solutions cater to the nuanced requirements of sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and distribution. In addition to its standard ERP functionalities, Infor focuses on specialized applications such as Infor CloudSuite Healthcare for healthcare organizations and Infor LN for manufacturing, ensuring tailored solutions for sector-specific challenges.

Infor’s commitment to innovation and addressing sector-specific complexities underscores its relevance in the ERP landscape.

6. Epicor ERP: Amplifying Industry Operations

Epicor ERP excels in catering to industries such as manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services. Its core ERP functionalities are complemented by advanced analytics and business intelligence tools. Epicor’s Smart Inventory Planning and Optimization (IPO) tool, for instance, utilizes AI to enhance inventory management, improving efficiency and reducing costs.

Moreover, its agile architecture enables easy customization and integration with third-party applications, providing businesses with a highly adaptable solution.

7. Odoo: Flexibility and Customization

Odoo’s open-source ERP system offers an extensive suite of applications covering CRM, inventory management, project management, and more. What sets Odoo apart is its modular nature, allowing businesses to select and integrate specific applications as per their requirements. Odoo’s flexibility and affordability are especially beneficial for small to medium-sized enterprises seeking customizable solutions without exorbitant costs.

The Value of ERP Systems in Modern Business

ERP systems serve as catalysts for efficiency, productivity, and growth:

Streamlined Operations: Automating tasks streamlines processes, reducing manual errors and optimizing resource allocation.

Enhanced Data Management: Centralized databases ensure data consistency and accuracy, fostering informed decision-making.

Agile Decision-Making: Real-time data access empowers businesses to make agile decisions, staying ahead in dynamic markets.

Customer-Centric Approach: Integrated CRM functionalities enable businesses to deliver personalized services, boosting customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Making Informed Choices: Selecting the Right ERP System

The process of choosing an ERP system involves careful evaluation and alignment with a business’s unique needs. Understanding the scalability, integration capabilities, and industry-specific functionalities of each system is crucial for successful adoption.

Conclusion: Embracing ERP Systems for Sustainable Growth

The landscape of ERP systems continues to evolve, offering businesses versatile solutions to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and foster sustainable growth. From SAP’s scalability to Oracle’s cloud-driven innovation and Odoo’s customization prowess, each system exemplifies the diverse capabilities shaping modern business management.

Selecting the right ERP system aligned with specific needs remains pivotal for organizations seeking resilience and competitiveness. As businesses strive for optimization and adaptability, embracing these transformative technologies ensures a strategic advantage in an ever-evolving market. It stands as a pillar of efficiency, empowering businesses to navigate complexities and drive success through informed decisions and streamlined operations.

Also Read: A Deep Dive into Corporate Wellness Programs for a Healthier, Happier Workplace

[payalkulkarni]

SAP BTP Consumption Credits: Empowering the Intelligent Enterprise

To address the unique needs of businesses, SAP has introduced the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and a revolutionary approach to licensing with RISE with SAP. In this blog, we'll explore the concept of SAP BTP Consumption Credits and delve into the capabilities of SAP services BTP, particularly its focus on Business Process Intelligence.

SAP BTP Consumption Credits

SAP's approach to licensing, known as RISE with SAP, offers a unique and flexible solution. Instead of a predefined set of tools, RISE with SAP provides cloud credits to license holders. These credits can be used across various areas of SAP BTP, enabling businesses to tailor their investment to their specific needs.

The flexibility of SAP BTP Consumption Credits is a game-changer. It grants businesses the freedom to choose from a wide array of options, such as SAP S/4HANA integration, database management, and cutting-edge analytics tools. With over 2,000 prebuilt integrations available, businesses can seamlessly connect their SAP systems with other platforms, enhancing their operational capabilities.

Business Process Intelligence

One of the most compelling aspects of RISE with SAP is its robust Business Process Intelligence capabilities. These capabilities are designed to help organizations optimize their processes and gain a deeper understanding of their operations. There are seven key components of Business Process Intelligence:

Analyze: Data scientists can dig deep into system data, gaining insights into what's working well and where improvements are needed. Understanding user behavior is a critical element of this component.

Design and Simulate: Using existing business data, users can create and run simulations to identify the most effective strategies and processes.

Improve: This component focuses on enhancing efficiency through AI, no-code automation, and advanced process automation tools, including SAP Intelligent RPA.

Roll Out and Govern: Efficiently managing and governing processes for end-users is facilitated by this component. Collaboration and documentation sharing become seamless.

Monitor: Keeping a close eye on solution performance ensures that operations run smoothly and issues are addressed promptly.

Model and Manage "Home Base": This component offers a central hub for departments to collaborate and view core processes, ensuring streamlined operations.

Benchmark: By comparing business performance to aggregated industry data provided by SAP, this component offers valuable insights and actionable recommendations for improvement.

Business Process Intelligence is further bolstered by SAP's acquisition of Signavio in January 2021, which brought additional expertise and capabilities into this already powerful suite.

Conclusion

SAP BTP Consumption Credits, in conjunction with RISE with SAP, are ushering in a new era of flexibility and adaptability in business technology. SAP BTP, with its four foundational pillars, is designed to empower the intelligent enterprise by providing essential tools for analytics, application development, database management, and access to intelligent technologies.

The Business Process Intelligence capabilities within SAP BTP and RISE with SAP offer a comprehensive suite of tools for process optimization and enhanced understanding of operations. This integrated approach to technology and licensing provides businesses with the means to stay competitive and efficient in an ever-evolving business landscape of SAP plant maintenance.

[cloudatlasinc]

Accelerating transformation with SAP on Azure

Microsoft continues to expand its presence in the cloud by building more data centers globally, with over 61 Azure regions in 140 countries. They are expanding their reach and capabilities to meet all the customer needs. The transition from a cloudless domain like DRDC to the entire cloud platform is possible within no time, and a serverless future awaits. Microsoft gives the platform to build and innovate at a rapid speed. Microsoft is enhancing new capabilities to meet cloud services' demands and needs, from IaaS to PaaS Data, AI, ML, and IoT. There are over 600 services available on Azure with a cloud adoption framework and enterprise-scale landing zone. Many companies look at Microsoft Azure security compliance as a significant migration driver. Microsoft Azure has an extensive list of compliance certifications across the globe. The Microsoft services have several beneficial characteristics; capabilities are broad, deep, and suited to any industry, along with a global network of skilled professionals and partners. Expertise in the Microsoft portfolio includes both technology integration and digital transformation. Accountability for the long term, addressing complex challenges while mitigating risk. Flexibility to engage in the way that works for you with the global reach to satisfy the target business audience.

SAP and Microsoft Azure

SAP and Microsoft bring together the power of industry-specific best practices, reference architectures, and professional services and support to simplify and safeguard your migration to SAP in the cloud and help manage the ongoing business operations now and in the future. SAP and Microsoft have collaborated to design and deliver a seamless, optimized experience to help manage migration and business operations as you move from on-premises editions of SAP solutions to SAP S/4 HANA on Microsoft Azure. It reduces complexity, minimizes costs, and supports end-to-end SAP migration and operations strategy, platform, and services. As a result, one can safeguard the cloud migration with out-of-box functionality and industry-specific best practices while immaculately handling the risk and optimizing the IT environment. Furthermore, the migration assimilates best-in-class technologies from SAP and Microsoft, packed with a unified business cloud platform. 

SAP Deployment Options on Azure

SAP system is deployed on-premises or in Azure. One can deploy different systems into different landscapes either on Azure or on-premises. SAP HANA on Azure large instances intend to host the SAP application layer of SAP systems in Virtual Machines and the related SAP HANA instance on the unit in the 'SAP HANA Azure Large Instance Stamp.' 'A Large Instance Stamp' is a hardware infrastructure stack that is SAP HANA TDI certified and dedicated to running SAP HANA instances within Azure. 'SAP HANA Large Instances' is the official name for the solution in Azure to run HANA instances on SAP HANA TDI certified hardware that gets deployed in ‘Large Instance Stamps’ in different Azure regions. SAP or HANA Large Instances or HLI are physical servers meaning bare metal servers. HLI does not reside in the same data center as Azure services but is in close proximity and connected through high throughput links to satisfy SAP HANA network latency requirements. HLI comes in two flavors- Type 1 and 2. IaaS can install SAP HANA on a virtual machine running on Azure. Running SAP HANA on IaaS supports more Linux versions than HLI. For example, you can install SAP Netweaver on Windows and Linux IaaS Virtual Machines on Azure. SAP HANA can only run on RedHat and SUSE, while NetWeaver can run on windows SQL and Linux.

Azure Virtual Network

Azure Virtual Network or VNET is a core foundation of the infrastructure implementation on Azure. The VNET can be a communication boundary for those resources that need to communicate. You can have multiple VNETs in your subscription. If they weren't connected, we could call them Pierre in Azure wall; there will be no traffic flow in between. They can also share the same IP range. Understanding the requirements and proper setup is essential as changing them later, especially with the running production workloads, could cause downtime. When you provision a VNET, The private blocks must allocate address space. If you plan to connect multiple VNETs, you cannot have an overlapping address space. The IP range should not clash or overlap with the IP addressing in Azure while connecting on-premise to Azure via express route or site-site VPN. Configuring VNET to the IP address space becomes a DHP service. You can configure VNET with the DNS server's IP addresses to resolve services on-premise.VNETS can be split into different subnets and communicate freely with each other. Network security groups or NSGs are the control planes we use to filter traffic. NSGs are stateful but simple firewall rules based on the source and destination IP and ports.

 Azure Virtual Gateway

 For extensive connectivity, you must create a virtual gateway subnet. When you create a virtual gateway, you will get prompted for two options: VPN or Express Route Gateway; with VPN, you cannot connect to the Express Route Circuit. If you choose the Express Route Virtual Gateway, you can combine both.

 There are two types of VPN;

1) The point-to-site VPN is used for testing and gives the lowest throughput.

2) The site-site VPN connection can offer better benefits by bridging networks.

This VPN offers zero support for SLA and uses this connection as a backup for the recommended connection on Azure, called the express route. Express route is a dedicated circuit using hardware installed on your data center, with a constant link to ‘Microsoft Azure Edge’ devices. Express route is inevitable for maintaining the communication between application VNET running in Azure and on-premise systems to HLI servers. The express route is safer and more resilient than VPN as it provides a connection through a single circuit and facilitates second redundancy; this helps route traffic between SAP application servers inside Azure and enables low latency. Furthermore, the fast path allows routine traffic between SAP application servers inside Azure VNET and HLI through an optimized route that bypasses the virtual network gateway and directly hops through edge routers to HLA servers. Therefore, an ultra-performance express route gateway must have a Fast Path feature.

SAP HANA Architecture (VM)

This design gets centered on the SAP HANA backend on the Linux Suse or RedHat distributions. Even though the Linux OS implementation is the same, the vendor licensing differs. It incorporates always-on replication and utilizes synchronous and asynchronous replication to meet the HANA DB requirements. We have also introduced NetApp file share for DFS volumes used by each SAP component using Azure site recovery and building a DR plan for App ASCs and the web dispatches servers. Azure Active directory is used in synchronization with on-premises active directory, as SAP application user authenticates from on-premises to SAP landscape on Azure with Single Sign-On credentials. Azure high-speed express route gateway securely connects on-premises networks to Azure virtual machines and other resources. The request flows into highly available SAP central, SAP ABAP services ASCS and through SAP application servers running on Azure virtual machines. The on-demand request moves from the SAP App server to the SAP HANA server running on a high-performance Azure VM. Primary active and secondary standby servers run on SAP-certified virtual machines with a cluster availability of 99.95 at the OS level. Data replication is handled through HSR in synchronous mode from primary to secondary enabling zero recovery point objective. SAP HANA data is replicated through a disaster recovery VM in another Azure region through the Azure high-speed backbone network and using HSR in asynchronous mode. The disaster recovery VM can be smaller than the production VM to save costs.

SAP systems are network sensitive, so the network system must factor the design decisions into segmenting the VNETs and NSGs. To ensure network reliability, we must use low latency cross-connections with sufficient bandwidth and no packet loss. SAP is very sensitive to these metrics, and you could experience significant issues if traffic suffers latency or packet loss between the application and the SAP system. We can use proximity placement groups called PGS to force the grouping of different VM types into a single Azure data center to optimize the network latency between the different VM types to the best possible.

 Security Considerations

 Security is another core pillar of any design. Role-based Access control (RBAC) gets accessed through the Azure management bay. RBAC is backed up through AD using cloud-only synchronized identities. Azure AD can back up the RBAC through cloud-only or synchronized identities. RBAC will tie in those cloud or sync identities to Azure tenants, where you can give personal access to Azure for operational purposes. Network security groups are vital for securing the network traffic both within and outside the network environment. The NSGs are stateful firewalls that preserve session information. You can have a single NSG per subnet, and multiple subnets can share the same energy. Application security group or ASG handles functions such as web servers, application servers, or backend database servers combined to perform a meaningful service. Resource encryption brings the best of security with encryption in transit. SAP recommends using encryption at rest, so for the Azure storage account, we can use storage service encryption, which would use either Microsoft or customer-managed keys to manage encryption. Azure storage also adds encryption in transit, with SSL using HTTPS traffic. You can use Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) for OS and DBA encryption for SQL.

Migration of SAP Workloads to Azure

The most critical part of the migration is understanding what you are planning to migrate and accounting for dependencies, limitations, or even blockers that might stop your migration. Following an appropriate inventory process will ensure that your migration completes successfully. You can use in-hand tools to understand the current SAP landscape in the migration scope. For example, looking at your service now or CMDB catalog might reveal some of the data that expresses your SAP system. Then take that information to start drawing out your sizing in Azure. It is essential to ensure that we have a record of the current environment configuration, such as the number of servers and their names, server roles, and data about CPU and memory. It is essential to pick up the disk sizes, configuration, and throughput to ensure that your design delivers a better experience in Azure. It is also necessary to understand database replication and throughput requirements around replicas. When performing a migration, the sizing for large HANA instances is no different from sizing for HANA in general. For existing and deployment systems you want to move from other RDBMS to HANA, SAP provides several reports that run on your existing SAP systems. If migrating the database to HANA, these reports need to check the data and calculate memory requirements for the HANA instances.

When evaluating high availability and disaster recovery requirements, it is essential to consider the implications of choosing between two-tier and three-tier architectures. To avoid network contention in a two-tier arrangement, install database and Netweaver components on the same Azure VM. The database and application components get installed in three-tier configurations on separate Azure Virtual Machines. This choice has other implications regarding sizing since two-tier, and three-tier SAP ratings for a given VM differs. The high availability option is not mandatory for the SAP application servers.

You can achieve high availability by employing redundancy. To implement it, you can install individual application servers on separate Azure VMs. For example, you can achieve high availability for ASCS and SCS servers running on windows using windows failover clustering with SIOS data keeper. We can also achieve high availability with Linux clustering using Azure NetApp files. For DBMS servers, you should use DB replication technology using redundant nodes. Azure offers high availability through redundancy of its infrastructure and capabilities, such as Azure VM restarts, which play an essential role in a single VM deployment. In addition, Azure offers different SLAs depending on your configuration. For example, SAP landscapes organize SABC servers into different tiers; there are three diverse landscapes: deployment, quality assurance, and production.

Migration Strategies:- SAP landscapes to Azure

 Enterprises have SAP systems for business functions like Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP), global trade, business intelligence(BI), and others. Within those systems, there are different environments like sandbox developments, tests, and production. Each horizontal row is an environment, and each vertical dimension is the SAP system for a business function. The layers at the bottom are lower-risk environments and are less critical. Those towards the top are in high-risk environments and are more critical. As you move up the stack, there is more risk in the migration process. Production is the more critical environment. The use of test environments for business continuity is of concern. The systems at the bottom are smaller and have fewer computing resources, lower availability, size requirements, and less throughput. They have the same amount of storage as the production database with a horizontal migration strategy. To gain experience with production systems on Azure, you can use a vertical approach with low-risk factors in parallel to the horizontal design.

 Horizontal Migration Strategy

 To limit risk, start with low-impact sandboxes or training systems. Then, if something goes wrong, there is little danger associated with users or mission-critical business functions. After gaining experience in hosting, running, and administering SAP systems in Azure, apply to the next layer of systems up the stack. Then, estimate costs, limiting expenditures, performance, and optimization potential for each layer and adjust if needed.

Vertical Migration Strategy

The cost must be on guard along with legal requirements. Move systems from the sandbox to production with the lowest risk. First, the governance, risk, compliance system, and the object Event Repository gets driven towards production. Then the higher risk elements like BI and DRP. When you have a new system, it's better to start in Azure default mode rather than putting it on-premises and moving it later. The last system you move is the highest risk, mission-critical system, usually the ERP production system. Having the most performance virtual machines, SQL, and extensive storage would be best. Consider the earliest migration of standalone systems. If you have different SAP systems, always look for upstream and downstream dependencies from one SAP system to another.

Journey to SAP on Azure

Consider two main factors for the migration of SAP HANA to the cloud. The first is the end-of-life first-generation HANA appliance, causing customers to reevaluate their platform. The second is the desire to take advantage of the early value proposition of SAP business warehouse BW on HANA in a flexible DDA model over traditional databases and later BW for HANA. As a result, numerous initial migrations of SAP HANA to Microsoft Azure have focused on SAP BW to take advantage of SAP HANA's in-memory capability for the BW workloads. In addition, using the SAP database migration option DMO with the System Migration option of SUM facilitates single-step migration from the source system on-premises to the target system residing in Azure. As a result, it minimizes the overall downtime. In general, when initiating a project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure, you should divide it into the following phases. Project preparation and planning, pilot, non-production, production preparation, go-live, and post-production.

Use Cases for SAP Implementation in Microsoft Azure

 Use  cases

How  does Microsoft Azure help?

How  do organizations benefit?

Deliver  automated disaster recovery with low RPO and RTO

Azure  recovery services replicate on-premises virtual machines to Azure and  orchestrate failover and failback

RPO  and RTO get reduced, and the cost of ownership of disaster recovery (DR)  infrastructure diminishes. While the DR systems replicate, the only cost  incurred is storage

Make  timely changes to SAP workloads by development teams

200-300  times faster infrastructure provisioning and rollout compared to on-premises,  more rapid changes by SAP application teams

Increased  agility and the ability to provision instances within 20 minutes

Fund  intermittently used development and test infrastructure for SAP workloads

Supports  the potential to stop development and test systems at the end of business day

Savings  as much as 40-75 percent in hosting costs by exercising the ability to control  instances when not in use

Increase  data center capacity to serve updated SAP project requests

Frees  on-premises data center capacity by moving development and test for SAP  workloads to Microsoft Azure without upfront investments

Flexibility  to shift from capital to operational expenditures

Provide  consistent training environments based on templates

Ability  to store and use pre-defined images of the training environment for updated  virtual machines

Cost  savings by provisioning only the instances needed for training and then  deleting them when the event is complete

Archive  historical systems for auditing and governance

Supports  migration of physical machines to virtual machines that get activated when  needed

Savings  of as much as 60 percent due to cheaper storage and the ability to quickly  spin up systems based on need.

  References

n.d. Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Services. Accessed June 13, 2022. http://azure.microsoft.com.

n.d. All Blog Posts. Accessed June 13, 2022. https://blogs.sap.com.

n.d. Cloud4C: Managed Cloud Services for Enterprises. Accessed June 13, 2022. https://www.cloud4c.com.

n.d. NetApp Cloud Solutions | Optimized Storage In Any Cloud. Accessed June 13, 2022. http://cloud.netapp.com.

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Achieving Success with the SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Extended Warehouse Management (C_S4EWM_2023)

In the rapidly evolving world of supply chain management, organizations are continually seeking ways to enhance their operational efficiency. The adoption of advanced digital solutions has made platforms like SAP S/4HANA increasingly essential for businesses looking to optimize their warehouse management processes. The SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Extended Warehouse Management certification (C_S4EWM_2023) is specifically designed for professionals aiming to deepen their understanding of SAP S/4HANA and develop the skills required for effective warehouse management implementation.

Understanding the C_S4EWM_2023 Certification

The C_S4EWM_2023 certification targets consultants, business analysts, and IT professionals involved in the implementation of extended warehouse management solutions using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. This certification emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of both the technical and business aspects of warehouse management, ensuring candidates can effectively bridge the gap between IT solutions and business operations.

Key Areas of Focus

To prepare effectively for the C_S4EWM_2023 certification, candidates should focus on several core areas crucial for successful implementation:

SAP S/4HANA Overview and Fundamentals: Candidates will gain foundational knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, including system architecture, data models, and the unique advantages of utilizing the cloud private edition for extended warehouse management. Understanding these fundamentals is vital for any consultant aiming to harness the full potential of SAP S/4HANA in warehouse operations.

Extended Warehouse Management Processes: A significant portion of the certification centers around the core processes related to extended warehouse management within SAP S/4HANA. Candidates will explore essential topics such as inventory management, order fulfillment, warehouse operations, and logistics execution. Mastering these processes enables consultants to design and implement efficient workflows that align with organizational goals.

Technology and Innovations in Warehouse Management: As technology evolves, so do warehouse management practices. Candidates will be introduced to innovations such as automation, IoT, and AI within the context of SAP S/4HANA. Understanding how these technologies can enhance warehouse operations is essential for modern consultants.

Benefits of the C_S4EWM_2023 Certification

Earning the SAP Certified Associate certification provides numerous advantages for professionals in the warehouse management field:

Recognition of Expertise: The C_S4EWM_2023 certification validates your skills and knowledge in implementing SAP S/4HANA solutions for extended warehouse management. This recognition enhances your professional credibility and positions you as a trusted expert in the field, leading to increased responsibilities and opportunities within your organization.

Career Advancement: With the growing demand for skilled SAP professionals, obtaining this certification can open doors to new career opportunities. Certified individuals are often sought after for advanced roles, including project management, solution architecture, and consultancy positions in leading organizations.

Future Prospects in SAP Extended Warehouse Management

As organizations increasingly transition to cloud-based solutions like SAP S/4HANA, the demand for skilled implementation consultants is expected to rise. Several trends are shaping the future of warehouse management in the SAP ecosystem:

Growth of Cloud Solutions: The trend towards cloud solutions is transforming enterprise resource planning (ERP). With SAP S/4HANA Cloud, businesses can leverage real-time data and analytics, enabling them to make informed decisions quickly. Professionals skilled in cloud-based warehouse management will be increasingly in demand.

Focus on Automation and Efficiency: As supply chains become more complex, the emphasis on automation and efficiency in warehouse operations is growing. Organizations are investing in technologies that enhance operational speed and accuracy, creating a need for consultants who can implement these solutions effectively.

Sustainability in Supply Chain Practices: There is a rising focus on sustainable practices within supply chain management. Companies are seeking solutions that promote environmental responsibility while maintaining operational efficiency. Understanding these emerging trends can position consultants as valuable assets to organizations dedicated to responsible supply chain management.

Tips for Aspiring SAP Extended Warehouse Management Consultants

To excel in your journey toward becoming a certified SAP consultant, consider the following strategies:

Continuous Learning: The field of SAP is ever-evolving. Stay informed about the latest trends, updates, and best practices by participating in workshops, online courses, and SAP community events. Continuous education is crucial to maintaining a competitive edge.

Gain Hands-On Experience: Practical experience is invaluable in the world of SAP consulting. Seek opportunities to work on real-world projects, whether through your organization or in collaboration with others. Internships, job shadowing, or contributing to open-source projects can significantly enhance your skills.

Network with Industry Professionals: Engage with professionals in the SAP ecosystem. Networking can provide insights into industry best practices, potential job opportunities, and valuable mentorship. Attend industry conferences, seminars, and local meetups to expand your connections.

How Originaldumps Can Enhance Your Exam Preparation

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Conclusion

The SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Extended Warehouse Management certification is essential for professionals looking to advance their careers in this field. By validating your expertise in implementing SAP S/4HANA solutions, you position yourself as a valuable asset to your organization.

By utilizing effective study resources and committing to continuous learning, you can achieve certification goals and excel in your role. As organizations focus on optimizing warehouse management processes, your expertise will play a crucial role in driving success. Embrace this opportunity to lead initiatives that enhance performance while staying updated on trends to ensure your skills remain relevant in this.

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What is the difference between functionality S/4 HANA and ECC system?

S/4HANA and ECC (Enterprise Core Component) are both SAP systems, but they differ significantly in functionality.

ECC is SAP's traditional ERP system that runs on various databases, offering modules like Finance (FI), Sales (SD), and Materials Management (MM). However, it's built on older architecture, limiting speed and performance, especially when processing large data sets.

S/4HANA (Business Suite 4 SAP HANA) is the next-generation ERP system, optimized for the in-memory HANA database. It provides real-time analytics and improved performance, with simplified data models and user experiences. S/4HANA also introduces features like embedded analytics, streamlined processes, and innovations like AI and machine learning.

For those looking to upskill, check out Anubhav's online training. Anubhav Oberoy is a globally renowned SAP Trainer, known for his deep expertise in SAP technologies. He offers both online and offline courses, making his training ideal for those looking to enhance their SAP knowledge.

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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is revolutionizing the IT industry, with major investments pouring into companies like UiPath. Robotic Process Automation Training for UiPath is your ticket to this booming field. This isn’t just a fleeting trend—73% of companies now use intelligent automation, creating a huge demand for skilled professionals. In India alone, there are over 40,000 RPA training jobs available, while the U.S. boasts more than 50,000 positions. Salaries are impressive too, ranging from 6 lakh to 37 lakh rupees in India and $70,000 to $200,000 in the U.S.

Our RPA training online for UiPath is designed to help you seize these opportunities. You'll master user interface automation, programming activities, and debugging. Our RPA classes prepare you for the UiPath certification, giving you the competitive edge you need in the job market.

Enroll in our UiPath RPA training and start automating tasks like payroll processing and email management. Our curriculum will give you the skills you need to excel in robotic process automation.

Top Level Course Content

Our UiPath training online program offers a deep dive into RPA concepts. It begins with an introduction to robotics process automation training, covering its core principles and significance across various industries. As the course progresses, you'll explore advanced topics like creating and managing RPA bots using UiPath. Key areas covered include:

RPA Development Methodology

App Integration and Data Scraping

Workflow Files in UiPath

Data Manipulation and Automation

UI Automation Activities

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Excel, PDF, Word, Text and CSV Automation

Database Automation Activities

SAP and API Automation

Excel Macros Automation

Basics of PDF extraction using Abbyy Tool and Document Understanding in AI Centre.

Managing UiPath Robot Licenses

Attended and Unattended Robots

UiPath Frameworks: Re-Framework, Attended Framework and Test Automation Framework.

Version Control Tools - Git and Bit-Bucket

These areas provide a holistic understanding of how RPA works and how to leverage it to streamline business processes. The methodology section covers a step-by-step approach to developing RPA solutions, ensuring you understand the lifecycle of an RPA project from start to finish.

Hands-On Learning with UiPath Robot

Our training gives you extensive practical experience with UiPath Robot, including UiPath Studio, UiPath Orchestrator, and UiPath ReFramework. These are crucial for developing and managing automation solutions. The course includes practical exercises and real-world projects to help you apply what you’ve learned in robotics process automation training.

UiPath Studio is where you’ll design and develop your automation scripts. It features a user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality, making it easy to build complex automation workflows without extensive coding knowledge. You’ll learn to use various activities and components within UiPath Studio to create robust automation solutions.

UiPath Orchestrator is a web-based application that lets you deploy, monitor, and manage your automation workflows. This tool is vital for scheduling tasks, managing robot resources, and ensuring your automation solutions run smoothly. You’ll learn to use Orchestrator to monitor your bots' performance, handle exceptions, and generate reports. Additionally, our program includes RPA training and placement support to help you transition smoothly into your new career.

Who Should Take This Course?

This UiPath training is perfect for anyone looking to build a career in RPA. It’s suitable for beginners new to automation and professionals looking to enhance their skills. Whether you’re an IT professional, developer, or analyst, this course provides the knowledge and expertise needed to automate business processes effectively.

Certification and Career Advancement

After completing the course, you'll receive a UiPath certification, boosting your professional profile. Our RPA certification courses also offer job placement support, including interview preparation and connections with potential employers. We provide all the tools and resources you need to succeed in the job market.

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To start your journey with our Robotic Process Automation Training for UiPath, visit our website and fill out the enrollment form. If you have any questions or need more information, contact our support team.

Stack Learn’s comprehensive RPA certification courses provide a practical, hands-on approach to learning RPA with UiPath. Join us today and master robotics process automation training to advance your career in this exciting field.

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100 Hrs. of Applied Learning

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Who can apply for this course

Professionals looking to enhance their process automation skills and advance in their careers.

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Where will your career Take off?

Upon completing our RPA UiPath course, you will acquire the skills required for various roles in the industry, including but not limited to:

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Unlock Your Data’s Potential: Top Data Management Solutions In UAE

In today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any successful business in the UAE. It holds the key to unlocking valuable insights, improving decision-making, and gaining a competitive edge. But with the ever-growing volume and complexity of data, data management solutions in UAE are becoming increasingly crucial.

This guide delves into the world of data management solutions in UAE, highlighting the benefits they offer and showcasing some of the leading providers in the region. We’ll explore different aspects of data management, from storage and security to analysis and governance, providing you with the knowledge to choose the best solutions for your business needs.

Why Invest In Data Management Solutions In UAE?

The UAE is a hub for innovation and a rapidly growing business landscape. Data management solutions in UAE empower companies to:

Gain valuable insights: By effectively collecting, organizing, and analyzing data, businesses can identify trends, understand customer behavior, and make data-driven decisions to optimize operations and improve performance.

Enhance security and compliance: Data breaches can be devastating. Data management solutions in UAE ensure robust security measures to protect sensitive information and comply with stringent data regulations like the UAE’s Federal Law №11 of 2012 on Data Protection (the “Data Protection Law”).

Boost efficiency and agility: Managing vast amounts of data can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. Data management solutions in UAE streamline data processes, automate tasks, and facilitate faster access to the information you need, allowing your team to focus on core business activities.

Drive innovation and growth: Data-driven insights can inform product development strategies, marketing campaigns, and overall business direction. Effective data management solutions in UAE empower businesses to innovate, adapt to changing market conditions, and drive sustainable growth.

The Data Management Landscape In UAE

The data management solutions market in UAE is brimming with options, catering to diverse industry needs and company sizes. Here’s a breakdown of some key areas of focus within data management:

Data storage and infrastructure: Secure storage solutions are essential for housing your valuable data. Cloud-based storage is gaining popularity in the UAE due to its scalability, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility.

Data integration and cleansing: This involves unifying data from various sources and ensuring accuracy and consistency. Data management solutions in UAE provide tools for data cleansing and transformation to prepare your data for analysis.

Data analysis and reporting: Once your data is organized, you can extract valuable insights using data analytics tools. Data management solutions in UAE offer tools for business intelligence (BI), data visualization, and advanced analytics to help you discover hidden patterns and trends.

Data governance and compliance: Establishing clear policies and processes for data management is crucial. Data management solutions in UAE help with data governance, user access control, and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

Leading Providers of Data Management Solutions In UAE

The UAE boasts a vibrant ecosystem of data management solutions providers. Here are a few prominent names:

Microsoft: A global leader, Microsoft offers Azure cloud platform solutions for data storage, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).

Amazon Web Services (AWS): AWS provides a comprehensive suite of cloud-based data management services, including storage, databases, and analytics tools.

Oracle: With Oracle Cloud, businesses can leverage secure and scalable data management solutions, including data warehousing and advanced analytics.

SAP: SAP offers powerful data management solutions for large enterprises, including data integration, analytics, and business process automation.

Glocalize: This UAE-based company specializes in data governance, data quality, and data management consulting services for businesses in the region.

Intertec Systems: They offer data management solutions for various industries, focusing on data security, data warehousing, and business intelligence tools.

Choosing The Right Data Management Solutions For Your UAE Business

With a plethora of data management solutions in UAE available, selecting the best fit for your needs can be overwhelming. Here are some key considerations:

Your business size and industry: Different solutions cater to the specific needs of small, medium, and large enterprises across various industries.

Your data volume and complexity: The amount and type of data you handle will determine the required storage capacity, processing power, and advanced features needed.

Your budget: Data management solutions in UAE range from affordable cloud-based options to more complex enterprise-grade solutions.

Your security and compliance requirements: Ensure the provider offers robust security measures and compliance with relevant data protection regulations.

Conclusion

In the dynamic business landscape of the UAE, data has emerged as a strategic asset. By investing in robust data management solutions in UAE, organizations can unlock its full potential, drive innovation, and gain a competitive edge.

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Demed L’Her, CTO at DigitalRoute – Interview Series

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Demed L’Her, CTO at DigitalRoute – Interview Series

Demed L’Her serves as the CTO at DigitalRoute and is a software executive with a proven track record in enterprise software strategy. He combines a strong academic background with a pragmatic approach to leadership and technology.

DigitalRoute offers a portfolio designed specifically to convert raw usage data into billable items. The DigitalRoute Usage Engine™ enables companies to adopt usage-based business models. More than 400 companies use the platform for usage-based monetization, quote-to-cash automation, finance system consolidation, and telecom mediation. The platform helps businesses extract value from usage data to streamline their operations.

How does DigitalRoute leverage AI and machine learning to enhance the value derived from subscription usage data?

Analysing usage data is a prime opportunity to explore AI and machine learning for several reasons. Usage data sets are large, made up of lots of small incremental data points that only tend to make sense after aggregation. Core to our business is ensuring that usage data is well prepared for analysis, this makes it high quality and often quite diverse. Honestly, using traditional data analysis for usage data is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Ultimately, usage data is very valuable. There is a clear connection between usage data and revenue as any usage could translate into a billing event. But this also means that any usage that is not processed leads to revenue leakage whereby a company provides a service that customers aren’t being billed for. Because of this challenge, we use machine learning to identify anomalies in usage patterns to identify revenue leakage. We can then predict problems that may arise at the end of the month billing cycle, the day sales outstanding (DSO), and forecast usage to help companies bill based on the future.

How has your diverse experience across different companies, including roles at Oracle and SAP, influenced your approach at DigitalRoute?

When I left TIBCO, a pioneer in messaging and integration, to join Oracle, the business was undergoing a shift from being a database company to becoming an application vendor through significant M&A moves. This was a very enlightening experience for me. I realised how little technology mattered in the purchase decision process. Business benefits and applications drove the technology choices, not the opposite.

That experience is something I have carried with me ever since, and it has been crucial in my journey at DigitalRoute. We strive to have the best technology on the market to process usage data, but we know that the technology is not what people buy. Business leaders buy business value. They buy ease of use; they buy peace of mind. Turning cutting-edge technology into these benefits is what drives us at DigitalRoute. We are committed to solving business problems.

You’ve also worked in many different countries. Is that at all useful in what you are currently doing at DigitalRoute?

Absolutely. DigitalRoute has nine offices around the world, and we have global customers. Over the past few years, we have heavily diversified our workforce to reflect the global nature of our customers and source the talent we need to grow. Today our engineering team is spread across three continents and includes dozens of nationalities. However, I have learned that you can’t just bring all these characters and their talents into one room and expect things to work smoothly. Businesses must blend skills, expectations, and ways of working. I’ve found that working across Asia, Europe and Silicon Valley has helped me with this.

What are the key strategies you have implemented to drive the transformation of DigitalRoute from a telco-specialist to a multi-vertical SaaS company?

The number one change to enable that pivot was within the product management team. Telco companies tend to be very large – and very demanding. Vendors selling to telecommunications companies have, in turn, become very flexible and reactive to these customers’ needs, and the products’ roadmaps are heavily tailored to solve ongoing projects’ needs. In contrast, the key to scale across multiple verticals is to look ahead, develop a product vision based on market trends and common painpoints – and pre-empt their needs. This might sound like semantics but in practice, it is a very difficult balancing exercise and one that requires a lot of discipline. You need to carve out the resources needed to deliver on the “common needs”. And until these functionalities are delivered there will be frictions and questioning of why we are spending resources on the vision vs the tactical needs. And then you deliver and you realise that your efforts are yielding far bigger dividends and benefits – for everyone!

What are the key trends you see in the subscription economy, particularly in terms of data usage and monetisation?

The flat-fee ‘all-you-can-eat’ subscription has been a great engine for growth. But it is also reaching its limits with it proving itself to be too blunt of an instrument. Consumers and businesses alike are suffering from ‘subscription fatigue’. This is because many services are offered as a subscription, no matter how little or how often it is being used. The result is that every single finance team is left with an agenda to reduce or consolidate these subscriptions.

Incorporating a usage component in pricing, either via usage-based pricing or via hybrid pricing, which involves a combination of flat-free subscriptions with a variable portion based on usage, is something that seems to resonate very well. That is with both customers and service providers as it tends to feel fairer as they don’t have to pay outrageous monthly subscriptions for things they barely use.

While the shift from simple subscriptions to usage monetisation seems obvious from a business perspective, there is a major technical hurdle. To monetise usage, you need to be able to accurately meter usage. Unfortunately, this is something most companies aren’t prepared for.

How do you think AI will shape the future of subscription-based services?

It seems that AI will speed up the transition that we encourage businesses to take at DigitalRoute. With AI, subscription companies can leverage their usage data more effectively. By analysing usage data quicker and more accurately, subscription businesses can then make more informed billing decisions. I do think it will enable more businesses to move towards either usage-based or hybrid billing models which are more transparent and conducive to business growth.

More importantly maybe, AI and more specifically the ability to interact with products through natural language, is helping us put our capabilities directly in the hands of finance teams. Finance teams can now formulate queries such as “What is the forecasted increase in usage of our service in the EMEA region for the rest of the fiscal year?” without having to go through intermediaries.

What innovative technologies are you integrating into DigitalRoute’s platform to stay ahead in the competitive market?

A common curse among engineering teams is what we call ‘the not invented here syndrome’. This is the tendency for engineers to think they can build something marginally better than what already exists. Ultimately, it’s not always possible and even if it was, it might not be worth the time to build and maintain. That’s why my team’s motto is not to reinvent the wheel, but if it exists, we use it. Our tech stack is constantly evolving, we leverage all the pre-built cloud services available to us and we regularly swap them for better ones. This keeps our tech stack fresh.

But more importantly it means we spend our development cycles where they matter, on differentiating features, unique to our goal of processing usage data. The latest technology we have added is AI including simple statistical models and more advanced large language models for machine learning, data analysis and language processing.

Can you share a success story where a client significantly improved their business outcomes using DigitalRoute’s solutions?

DigitalRoute played a crucial role in significantly improving Spectrum Reach’s business outcomes through the implementation of SAP Convergent Mediation by DigitalRoute. As part of a comprehensive SAP solution, our software addressed their challenges with manual invoicing across multiple regional accounts receivable systems.

By leveraging our combined solution, with partners, they were able to streamline their invoicing processes and offer flexible, customisable billing options. This transformation resulted in a unified accounts receivable platform that enhanced efficiency for both staff and customers. The implementation of SAP Convergent Mediation by DigitalRoute allowed them to process and track high volumes of media usage and transactional data, which in turn, supported more flexible customer billing operations.

Key outcomes included a 10% increase in billing process efficiencies, a 25% reduction in payment application time, and the ability to provide a single invoice per customer, regardless of spend type of location.

Ultimately, the result was that by using SAP Convergent Mediation by DigitalRoute, they not only enhanced their operational capabilities but also significantly improved their customer experience, setting the stage for continued growth in the competitive advertising landscape.

 On LinkedIn, you mentioned that building teams is one of your passions. How do you foster innovation and ensure alignment with market demands within your engineering teams?

The basic recipe is always the same: One – find the right talents. Two – empower them and enable autonomy. Now, this is easy to say, but there’s always a bit of black magic involved when it comes to people and finding the “right” ones. One thing that is often overlooked is that “right talent” is an evolving concept depending on your company, your culture and your team’s maturity stage. The definition of the right person tomorrow is not the same as the right person today. Do you want to find someone who can evolve into that definition or consider shorter-time missions?

“Think about AI for instance. Just hiring a brilliant and impatient data scientist and dropping her in the middle of an established product team that has been together for 5 years is not exactly a recipe for success. You need to constantly devise and align the personal objectives of the candidate with the company objectives. Sometimes you even have to just disrupt everything and bootstrap a team out of nowhere – which is actually how we started with AI at DigitalRoute.

How do you see the role of DigitalRoute evolving in the next 5-10 years within the subscription economy and usage-based revenue management?

It seems that implementing a subscription model has been relatively easy for businesses. It was largely a pricing and packaging exercise. But subscription-based businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the requirement for usage data. However, before considering the opportunities that usage data presents, companies need to be able to accurately measure and report their customer’s usage. There are very few straightforward and dedicated solutions on the market. However, DigitalRoute has emerged as the leader in usage data management, a critical and must-have ingredient to successfully ride the next wave of the subscription economy: the usage economy.

Thank you for the great interview, readers who wish to learn more should visit DigitalRoute.

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SAP Enhances Joule AI with Automation Tools

Join the newsletter: https://avocode.digital/newsletter/ In an age where digital transformation is at the core of business evolution, SAP has made a significant leap forward with the enhanced features of its Joule AI assistant. Released recently, these improvements underscore SAP's commitment to empowering developers and businesses with cutting-edge automation tools.

The Evolution of SAP Joule AI

SAP Joule has long been an integral part of the organization's suite of digital transformation tools. Having emerged as a reliable AI assistant, SAP Joule has continually evolved to meet the dynamic needs of businesses worldwide. With its latest update, SAP focuses on the seamless integration of advanced automation features, providing a robust platform that enhances efficiency and productivity.

New Automation Features

One of the standout enhancements in the latest SAP Joule AI is its enriched automation capabilities. Here’s what these features bring to the table:

Intelligent Task Automation: The AI now supports a host of routine processes that traditionally consume time and resources, automating workflows across various enterprise functions. This streamlining of operations allows companies to redirect their human capital to more strategic endeavors.

Advanced Scheduling: Joule AI assists in organizing and managing tasks with precision, adopting a predictive approach that factors in not only historical data but also real-time analytics to anticipate future requirements.

Through these automation tools, SAP Joule AI enables businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of operational efficiency and adaptability in a fast-paced digital landscape.

Enhanced Developer Tools

In addition to its automation prowess, SAP has fortified Joule AI with enhanced developer functionalities. These enhancements are designed to ease the complexities of software development and facilitate greater innovation.

Code Assistance and Suggestions: The updated AI can now provide more intelligent code snippets and recommendations, helping developers save time and reduce errors during application development.

Real-Time Debugging: Joule AI enables developers to identify and resolve code issues swiftly, ensuring smoother project workflows and faster turnaround times.

These developer tools are poised to transform how software engineers engage with code, offering a more intuitive and interactive development environment.

Impact on Business Operations

The ramifications of Joule AI’s updated features extend deeply into corporate operations. By integrating automation features and sophisticated developer tools, SAP empowers businesses to rethink their processes.

Efficiency and Productivity

The hallmark of automation is the promise of increased efficiency. With SAP Joule's new functionalities, businesses stand to benefit from:

Reduced operational costs due to minimized manual intervention.

Faster delivery times attributed to optimized development processes.

Data-Driven Decision Making

SAP Joule AI's strong analytical capabilities facilitate more informed decision-making processes:

Access to real-time data analysis ensures that decisions are backed by actionable insights.

The ability to predict market trends using historic and real-time data broadens strategic planning horizons.

The Future of SAP Joule AI

As SAP continues to invest in Joule AI, the future looks promising. Its ever-expanding ability to integrate diverse enterprise functions heralds a new era of digital initiative. Upcoming iterations might bring even smarter automation capabilities, amplifying SAP’s position as a leader in AI-powered enterprise solutions.

Adapting to Emerging Trends

SAP recognizes that to remain at the forefront, constant adaptation and evolution are necessary. Some potential future enhancements may include:

Enhanced Machine Learning: Incorporating deeper learning algorithms could unlock new potentials in data processing and predictive analytics.

Greater Interoperability: Ensuring Joule AI can seamlessly connect with an even broader range of software applications could further empower businesses globally.

Conclusion

SAP Joule AI stands as a testament to SAP’s vision of a future where AI and automation work hand in hand with human ingenuity. By embedding automation features and developer tools into Joule AI, SAP is not just upgrading a product – it is redefining the landscape of digital enterprise solutions. For businesses seeking to maintain competitive advantage, the enhanced capabilities of Joule AI present an opportunity to innovate and thrive in the global market. As the digital world continues to evolve, SAP Joule AI is poised to lead the charge in transforming how businesses operate, heralding a future where smarter, more efficient processes form the backbone of success. Want more? Join the newsletter: https://avocode.digital/newsletter/